Test 1 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things
A girl in Sydney is sitting in a priority seat on the train when a man with crutches gets on. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, man · What happens: sit, get on, do · To what, where: priority seat
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A girl in Sydney is sitting in a priority seat on the train when a man with crutches gets on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sitting | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sitting | aux |
| 6 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 seat | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 seat | det |
| 9 | priority | priority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seat | compound |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sitting | obl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 train | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 train | det |
| 13 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seat | nmod |
| 14 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 19 gets | mark |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gets | nsubj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 crutches | case |
| 18 | crutches | crutch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 man | nmod |
| 19 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sitting | advcl |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 gets | compound:prt |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sitting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present · progressive | a girl in Sydney | a priority seat on the train | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location | ||||
| 2 | get on | present | a man with crutches | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Stay seated, since she is only a child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 child | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 child | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 child | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 child | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 child | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | seat | participle | you not said here | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | she | a child | tree rules |
Option 2
Move her bag onto another seat for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 bag | nmod:poss |
| 3 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 6 seat | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 seat | det |
| 6 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | her bag | another seat | for him = he | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bag=Theme onto seat=Trajectory |
Option 3
Wait to see if anyone else stands first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 stands | mark |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 stands | nsubj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 anyone | advmod |
| 7 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | ccomp |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 stands | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | stand a condition, not said to happen | present | anyone | first property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stand up and offer him the seat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stand | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 offer | cc |
| 4 | offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stand | conj |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 offer | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 seat | det |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | imperative | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | offer | infinitive | you not said here | the seat | him = he | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal seat=Theme |
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